I saw the site driving west from Wilmington, NC one day some time ago. I lacked the funds to take the tour of the inside so I just gazed at it for awhile from ahwile. Very impressive and hard to fathom how one family could live in such an ostentatious place. The Biltmore is the embodiment of the Guilded Age!
I went there when you could go up into the crown. Not sure you can do that any more. The trip up was on a seemingly never-ending spiral staircase and it was hot and very crowded!
But it was worth it! I’ll never forget the view of New York Harbor from the crown!
“veiled” spoiler alert!
Best Cohen movie in my opinion! Far better than No Country for Old Men. The movie delves into paranoia, online dating, random acquantances, infidelity…
The funniest thing about the movie is at the end when the “case” is discussed and the heroine “achieves her goal.” It’s too bad the Cohens won all their accolades last year…this movie was far better!
I thought there might be a romance angle to the movie but it was the dominating theme. It must be the fact that I’m a male that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy this movie as my wife surely did.
I expected more of a historical angle to the movie but that’s what I expect from great period-based films. Ralph Fiennes does do a great job playing the heartless Duke.
During my younger, uninhibited times I decided I would go camping on Mount Rainier in Washington. On my way there I met with friends in Boulder and fell in love with the place. I can hardly think of a better locale for a young, single person – except that it certainly helps if you’re a trustifarian! Boulder is a bit pricey!
Chopin is my all-time favorite pianist and the cemetary is also the site of other famous luminaries – including Jim Morrison.
I believe this is the only book I’ve ever read that actually made me laugh out loud. An absolutely wonderful book…
Attempts have been made to turn the book into a movie several times, but have never been finalized for release. Interesting story about how the book first came to be published too – the author committed suicide and his mother convinced publishers to take it on.
